Newbie - When will he return?

(A0891)

A:

喂，李先生在吗？

w `ei, Lˇı xi ¯ansheng z `ai ma?

Hello, is Mr. Li there?

B:

不在。

b`u z `ai.

He is not here.

A:

他什么时候回来？

t ¯a sh ´enme sh´ıhou hu´ıl ´ai?

When is he coming back?

B:

下午。

xi `aw ˇu.

Afternoon.

Key Vocabulary

喂

w `ei

hello (on telephone)

先

生

xi ¯ansheng

Mr.

在

z `ai

at; in

不

b`u

not

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什么时候

sh ´enme sh´ıhou

when

他

t ¯a

he

回来

hu´ıl ´ai

to return

下午

xi `aw ˇu

afternoon

Supplementary Vocabulary

在家

z `aiji ¯a

at home

上午

sh `angw ˇu

morning

晚上

w ˇanshang

evening

今天

j¯ınti ¯an

today

明天

m´ıngti ¯an

tomorrow

找

zh ˇao

to look for

有

yˇou

to have

什么

sh ´enme

what

事

sh`ı

matter

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